"'The End of the Festival' is an artwork that I'd had
in my personal collection for a couple of years. Lockdown meant I began working
from home and I spent a lot of time re-assessing the works I had around me. The
more I spent looking at the artwork I realised it would benefit from a device
that would encourage the viewer to take a closer look. As with much of my work
I feel there is a lot of visual information and aesthetic that is missed in
cursory viewing. Inspired by work I had completed on a piece called 'Klaatu'
(adding circles to mimic microscopes) I decided to utilise the same
devices on 'The End of the Festival'. In this case, the circles add dynamism
and movement to the piece, and within the festival context they become pills,
dispersions of light or dancing haloes." - Simon Kirk.